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L'Éclaireur du dimanche - July 19, 1925

MY POSTMAN HAS NICKEL-PLATED FEETLÉclaireur du dimanche 1925 07 19 art 05 le facteur a les pieds nickelés 5

Farewell, gentlemen of the Post Office (P.T.T.).
Rest well this summer,
So that next season,
You leave nothing behind,
Not the newspapers nor the
Letters..., you with nickel-plated feet.
Forward "L'Eclaireur" to me,
Even assuming it doesn't have the good fortune
To have captured your affection,
Note my change of address.
My mailbox has no plaque or keys,

"Forward...", nickel-plated feet.
                                                       New Year's Day is in six months,
                                                       But it's not the day for slow people,
                                                       So, without wanting to upset you,
                                                       What would you say if, as a New Year's gift,
                                                       We gave you a thumbs-up... eh...
                                                       The Sweet Postmen with Nickel-plated Feet!?

REAL.

Réal from 1925, not to be confused with Grisélidis Réal, Swiss writer, painter, and prostitute, or "My Church Has Nickel-plated Feet," the variant: "My Church Has Its Feet in the Water"

In "Ciel Mon mardi" in 1990, a prostitute claimed to have seen Abbé Pierre in a brothelvignette Capture décran vidéo. 

The Nickel-plated Feet or "Those Who Are Not Inclined to Work"

The expression comes from a play by Tristan Bernard, the same one who smokes a cigarette on a train and bothers his neighbor.

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